Ya know, I preferred the version where I was right. Dammit. Guess I was late coming to Friends.

Nobody. Just on and on about how original and groundbreaking Friends was, when it was a toned-down retread of a Brit show from a few years earlier.

Coupling. The original British show was called Coupling.

I want a socialist revolution rule.

He's CGI too.

@avclub-1e2184e9a38acddfb65b66905ad70f9a:disqus Could it have been Rogue Male? Sport hunter goes after a dictator (essentially a pre-war Hitler), misses his shot, and is then hunted all over England by the dictator's henchmen? Has the arm slingshot anyway, or some kind of jury-rigged weapon when he finally gets run to…

And how much of a poseur does it make me that I heard this band for the first time because of someone else writing about discovering it via syllabus?

You know what sucks?

Anyone got a link that will work outside the US?

Anyone got a link that will work outside the US?

I miss when Canada Day was called Dominion Day. It sounded so much more ominous and threatening.

I miss when Canada Day was called Dominion Day. It sounded so much more ominous and threatening.

Fewer handguns though.

Fewer handguns though.

Just to clarify - I certainly don't think it was a realistic portrayal of how the society he portrays would play out. I just don't think it's pure fascism. Heinlein was a libertarian, and there are libertarian principles threaded throughout. (Which doesn't make the work as a whole any more practical - just less…

I wouldn't say it was entirely reasonable, but it's a weird blend of fascist and libertarian elements - not pure fascism. The idea that you have to serve to vote isn't that different from countries where military service is mandatory, like Israel and Switzerland. He just includes an out where you can avoid service in…

Just a minor point - I think it was carpenter ants that tasted like bacon, not leaves.

So - just to be clear - you think BDSM between two consulting adults - and fantasies written about BDSM by and for consenting adults - is wrong.

So it's sci-fi, but Margaret Atwood insists on calling it speculative fiction instead?

How I think it should have ended
Harry finds out that all his magical powers are because of his link with Voldemort. Destroying Voldemort means becoming a muggle.